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A Dual Monitor Experiment

backBeat writes "This is a descriptive article about one man and his dual monitor odyssey. After reading the snippet I had to read the article: "The productivity increase lasted for about two days. At this point I realized that I could to work on one monitor and watch a full screen DVD on the other. This was pretty cool until I realized how counterproductive it could be. Luckily I am quite adept at concentrating on my writing, while typing, while watching a movie." The Dual Monitor Experiment did not disappoint."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

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  2. Games... by Ziak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I work as a ISC in the miltary, or as an IT in the civian sector, I started using duel montiors when I noticed we where using laptops with a docking station, with a hook up montior, it wasn't long before thinking about it I found a way for it to be done, after being able to look at HTML and cheack my e-mail, and surf the web it wasn't long before I wanted to try it in home, The only downfall i encourted was for games the video card had a hard time strugling to keep up both displays and often caused lower fps for most games, with that being said it definally does increase your productive rate, but if you play games alot its not really worth the extra money.

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    1. Re:Games... by wembley · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess when you use two monitors, the spellchecker always pops up on the one you're not looking at...

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  3. question by MagicM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q: What's worse than linking to your site in a Slashdot article?
    A: Linking to your site twice in a Slashdot article.

    Were they scared it wouldn't go down fast enough?

  4. Re:Movies while working are newsworthy & produ by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Luckily I could go read the article and reply to your post at the same time easily since I have a dual monitor setup! Seriously though, I would rather have a multi-desktop window manager than two big monitors taking up my whole desk any day of the week, at least until I can afford a gigantomondo plasma TV that I can hang on the wall instead.

  5. Me too... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Luckily I am quite adept at concentrating on my writing, while typing, while watching a movie.

    I find myself quite *IN GOES THE RED PILL* capableo f concentrating on *HA, HE THINKS THAT'S AIR HE'S BREATHING, LOL!! OMG!! THIS IS THE BEST PART* reading, thinking, *MAN, TRINITY IS TEH ROXXORZZZ* typing and watching a movie *THERE IS NO SPOON LOL!* at the same time.

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  6. Re:Movies while working are newsworthy & produ by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a lazy programmer I find I'm much more productive when I have other people do my work for me. This allows me to get ahead in my projects without the necessary work that would normally be required. I have plenty of time to read slashdot as a result and my productivity hasn't been compromised at all!

  7. Re:Movies while working are newsworthy & produ by Goeland86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the guy is schizophrenic! Think about it: two personalities, one writes the article, then the other one finds it open on the desktop... makes sense, in a schizo-kind of way. But in any case, he needs to get off /. and search help from a psychiatrist, whether he is schizophrenic or not, because he's abusing of our time, and I don't like wasting mine. In fact, I can't read the article because it times out. But guess what? I did that before he did. Except I thought /. had more interesting things to post than that kinda stupid stuff. Are the moderators of the story half-groggy? I thought they had a little more judgement than that... Guess I was wrong.

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